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AWARDS GALORE AT RUGBY DINNER OE SPOTLIGHT ON EX-RUGBY PRO
RUGBY SEVENS
SEVENS IN THE SUN
Great play at QE’s tournament The 49th Annual QE Barnet Rugby Sevens Tournament was a super celebration of the game, bringing many of the country’s leading rugby schools to north London. QE hosted the U14s as usual, while, with Barnet Elizabethans RFC’s pitches unavailable, local friends and sporting rivals Haberdashers’ Boys’ hosted the U16s. Head of Rugby Ollie Di-Lieto said: “It was a great day, and, for once, the sun shone. Ipswich and Berkhamsted were worthy winners of the U14 and U16 cups respectively. Our own teams faced tough opposition and, sadly, lost all the games they played. But they played some exciting attacking rugby and provided plenty of highlights to remember the day by.” At Queen’s Road, the U14s turned up the pressure in attack effectively as their group stage progressed.
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Year 9's Junu Park made many metres with his direct running, yet tries often came from moving the ball into space on the outside. An occasionally porous defence and too many turnovers at the breakdown made building sustained pressure hard. The final U14 game against Robert Clack School saw QE come agonisingly close, needing just one more try to take the victory.
Congratulations! The winning teams were: U14 Cup: Ipswich School U14 Plate: Tonbridge School U16 Cup: Berkhamsted School U16 Plate: Merchant Taylors’ School
"All our games were played in a good spirit and with great commitment against some of the best rugby schools around,” said Mr Di-Lieto. He thanked the PE & Games department, the London Society of Referees, pupil helpers, FQE volunteers and event sponsors inspiresport.
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